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NEW YORK (AP) — It looks like the Northeast will be walloped by a major winter storm. A blizzard is expected to sweep the New York area starting Monday with possibly the season's biggest snowstorm dumping up to 18 inches on Central Park. The National Weather Service has issued a blizzard watch for coastal areas of the region. A winter storm watch is being posted for a larger area of the Northeast: New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New England.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf is ordering flags in the commonwealth to be flown at half-staff to honor a fire official who died after he was injured in a crash while responding to a fatal fire on Friday night. Lt. Dennis DeVoe, a 21-year veteran of the Harrisburg fire department, died Saturday. Officials say he was on his way to the station to pick up his gear before heading to the scene of the fire when his vehicle was hit at an intersection.
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — At least 46 people are dead and several dozen are missing in Ethiopia, after a mountain of trash gave way in a massive garbage dump on the outskirts of the capital. Officials in Addis Ababa (AD'-ihs AB'-uh-buh) say most of the dead are women and children. It's not clear what caused last night's collapse, which buried several makeshift homes and concrete buildings.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — At least 34 people are dead after a horrific accident in Haiti. A passenger bus plowed into people taking part in an early morning street festival in the city of Gonaives (goh-nah-EEV'). Rescue officials say 17 people were injured. A civil defense coordinator says the bus first hit two people at a bus stop and then continued into a crowd of people participating in a Rara festival, an Easter season Haitian musical celebration.
KENTWOOD, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say a college student driving to school was one of two people killed when a vehicle leading police on a high-speed chase crashed into her car in western Michigan. Michigan State Police say troopers tried to stop the car Saturday night in the city of Kentwood, near Grand Rapids, but the driver fled. The fleeing vehicle slammed into a car driven by Tara Oskam of Grand Rapids who was driving to Calvin College.
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